Click to see full-size image. (Screengrab\Hezbollah Military Media)
Hezbollah on July 18 targeted another Merkava Mk 4M main battle tank of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) using an Iranian-made Almas anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), which is a copy of the Israeli Spike family of missiles.
Similar to the Spike ATGM, Almas is equipped with an electro-optical or an infrared imaging seeker. The missile has a top-attack feature, meaning it can hit its target from above as a form of plunging fire. It can also hit targets behind the line of sight.
The tank targeted by Hezbollah was hiding behind trees on a hill close to the IDF’s Hadab Yarin site along the border with Lebanon.
One of the tank crew members had his head outside one of the upper hatches when the attack took place. The tank’s Windbreaker active protection system, also known as Trophy, was activated as the missile approached. However, it failed to intercept the missile and the tank received a direct hit on the top, according to video footage of the attack released by the group’s Military Media on July 19.
The missile used in the attack was apparently the Almas-1, which has a range of around four kilometers. Iran has developed two heavier versions of the missile dubbed Almas-2 and 3 with a range of eight and ten kilometers respectively. These versions have also been spotted with Hezbollah.
Since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza last October, Hezbollah and its allies began launching near-daily attacks against the IDF in support of the Hamas Movement and other Palestinian armed factions in the Strip.
So far, the border clashes have resulted in 12 civilian deaths on the Israeli side, as well as the deaths of at least 18 IDF soldiers and reservists. On the Lebanese side, more than 500 people have been killed, including 354 fighters of Hezbollah and over 100 civilians.
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this incident underscores the ongoing tensions and violence in the region, highlighting the devastating impact on both military personnel and civilians. it’s essential to seek confirmation from multiple sources before drawing conclusions. ultimately, finding peaceful solutions through dialogue and diplomacy is crucial to prevent further loss of life and promote stability.
yea russia tried that but bojo the clown prevented it from happening.
golda meyr said, that it is not possible to negotiate with the people, who want to kill you.
hence no negotiations with jews.
you seem very articulate for a doofus.
what is this thing? explaining the same rubbish to every news story…
these zionist child killing cowards need to be totally wiped out for the sake of humanity.
poor guy probably had no care that children were raped to death in israeli prisons.
how much longer will the jews keep embarrassing themselves? they have no limit and no shame
that’s good one!
yes, their behavior in front of everyone clearly demonstrates 100% lack of any shame. murdering their own people with fucking gunship helos and then blaming it on the people they keep poor, oppress, and routinely torture and kill (innocents). saying that poor people in some motorized gliders did what helicopter chain guns did. fucking retarded, like dumbed down care-for-nothings here.
a few less mass murdering psychopaths committing a genocide against the palestinian people whose land they’ve stolen is good news.
video wrong, the missile which was on the video striking the tank is not the same one which is viewed from afar at the trajectory is completely wrong almost coming down vertically as opposed to the low trajectory of the fpv
hmmmm…. interesting comment…. but what you’re saying about the vertical trajectory is only true if you view the missile path from side on…. if your view of the missile and its path is in the same plane as the missile path then the missile would appear to descend vertically regardless of the angle it approached the target.
good. then that means 2 tanks were hit